Reading’s death and the spell that killed it

Reading’s death and the spell that killed it

Professors, employers, parents, and even frequenters of social media are all saying the same thing. It seems like absolutely no one reads anything anymore. Complaining about novel reading habits, particularly of youth, is hardly a novel phenomenon. It is about as old as written language itself. Seneca the Younger, of Ancient Rome, once allegedly grew frustrated with the growing practice of skim reading. He complained, “to be everywhere is to be …